I would guess that the CG(center of gravity) was way too far to the back. If it was caused by a shifting load it must have been quite a large payload. Another possibility could be that the elevator malfunctioned, causing an uncontrolled climb. If he had more airspeed he could have used the rudder to bring the nose around, but he wasn’t going fast enough and did not have enough altitude. I can tell they were really fighting the airplane there.

James

To me this looks like one of the vehicles in the cargo hold had gotten loose of it’s strapping and rolled to the back of the hold whilst the plane was pitched up for take off. This then changed the planes centre of gravity forcing the plane into an extreme nose up attitude, stalling the plane which then went into a classic wing over (one wing stalls before the other) and subsequent nose down attitude. As the speed of the plane increased as it fell from the sky, the pilot was able to regain some of the control. However it was too late because he lacked sufficient altitude to pull out of the dive.

James

@White, were not armchair detectives. We’re just trying to present the most logical explanation to a tragedy. True it could’ve been a malfunction with the elevators or their hydraulic subsystems. Everyone on here is making an informed decision… That’s all we can do. By the way, I’m a pilot and not just your average layman. Think before you comment.